At practice, he found that after they’d watched the videos, they’d already processed what was going on and made the necessary corrections.

What if academic classes operated the same way, with kids prepping in advance by watching videos online at home or in the school library, and then doing their work in school, during the day, with teachers on hand to assist?

Could that actually work?

“Once I came over here, it was completely different. I absolutely loved that I could get the teacher’s help in the classroom. I honestly went from a D, F those were my basic grades to almost all A’s right now.” Gisselle De La Cruz Diaz

Clintondale’s success has caught the attention of schools all over the country, with 48% of teachers flipping a classroom by 2012, and 78% by 2014.

Sometimes, to get exceptional results, you’ve just gotta take exceptional action.